October 2013 - may our labours move as fast as our threads!

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I've packed clothes for tiny baby (under 7lbs 5) and also for 0-3. Depending on her size DP can then bring top up clothes in the appropriate size! When DS was born we only had 0-3 so DP had to nip out to mothercare for small clothes.

Yay congrats kelly on baby Aya...so excited for you

Right I'm fed up with a number of things:

1. no sign of anything moving and I'm so fed up waiting,,come on baby;
2. sick of all the "any sign yet", "you still pregnant" comments...I mean I'd hardly be walking around with a bump and no baby if I'd given birth would I?!
3. friends trying to arrange lunch/ dinner dates for next week...I will be 39 weeks so hardly want to commit and refusing to admit that I may still be pregnant then!
4. anyone who I tell I'm having another boy (checkout staff who keep asking and people I don't really know) saying oh well...as if its some kind of disappointment that I won't have one of each

Sorry rant over! Sorry to all those also suffering, I have lots of pressure downstairs but no contractions. Just willing me waters to break!!

Waves to everyone x

Pink I'll try not to get too excited on your behalf!!

Cngratulations kelly on baby Aya what a beautiful name! Hope you can take her home soon!

Happy birthday mrpink

moon try a local spa for slippers they might be chucking some out?! I got mine free off one of my granny's spa visits!

tarlia I LOVE call the midwife, one of the best programmes ever! Have you read her books? They are wonderful, perhaps not the best to read right now though!!! I've downloaded 2012 to watch for late night feeds, anyone got any other recommendations for box sets? Nothing too intellectual my brain won't work well when sleep deprived!

I had a dream last night where I logged on this morning to see that crookie had had her baby! Bit weird. Quite disappointed it isn't the case!!

Morning :) SC at 36+2. Sorry I really can't keep up with the thread at the minute so will mainly be lurking.

Kelly congratulations on your beautiful baby girl. Aya is a lovely name :) hope she's back with you really soon.

Pink I've had the shits for the past 2 days....is this really a sign of possible impending labour? I think mine is through too much rich food (trifle, Chinese take away, lentil curry, 3 chocolate bars the other day yes I've been very hungry recently )

Congratulations Kelly

Right - sorry I didn't get back on yesterday.

HOME BIRTH LIST.

lots of old towels/linen.

newspapers.

Kitchen roll

Cardboard box (medium) lined with bin liner.

Waterproof sheet for bed/ floor

Torch

Clock

Handwashing facilities

Refreshments for midwives!

Congratulations kelly and welcome to the world baby Aya. Hope she's with you very soon.

SC and 38+3 here. Had loads of BH last night but I reckon it was mainly down to dehydration. Drank a lot of tea yesterday and ate a lot of cake. Must make sure it's mainly water today. Off to the mw in 35 mins - guess I should get out of the bath!

Dp's mum is coming for a visit today but we have no other plans. It's nice as it means dp is around to help out with dd (who is a little whingy at times with a cold).

Sending lowering bp thoughts to everyone.

Cheers, Caz - most of that is on hand, easily enough (had to think what the cardboard box was for, for a moment, as in, that wouldn't make a good cot. oops )

flyer - I had an upset tummy when in labour with dd but contractions had already started.

tbh I'm not entirely sure - don't think it's ever been used before with me - guess it's a bin/ sick bowl they bring a special yellow bag and box to take the placenta away in....

moon... slippers... didn't even cross my mind! noone in our household owns a pair as we all love walking barefoot but not sure I would fancy walking barefoot in the hospital. Duly added to my shopping list!

flyer I've just gobbled down 500g tub of full fat cottage cheese. I absolutely love it and I know it's healthy but I'm pretty sure 500g is far too much. I looked up the fat content on the container just to torture myself...

tarlia enjoy your haircut nice to treat yourself before the D Day

Thank you umlauf and no mrsH don't am trying to convince myself its nothing.

flyer with DS that was my first sign the day before my body well and truly emptied itself, although saying that Ive also been eating a lot of late so who knows

Good idea about top up clothes pseudo I never had this issue with DS as we knew he was going to be a big baby... wasn't that big in the end but not too small to not be able to wear 0-3.

Now onto cake making and last minute card shopping so I can get on with knitting those tiny hats.

Has anyone thought of writing their Christmas cards early this year I.e. before baby arrives..? I'm quite tempted to do them over the next couple weeks and just leave baby's name until she arrives safe & sound.

Couldn't think I'd want to sit and write them with a little snuggly baby in the mix!

Congratulations kelly, what a beautiful name! I hope you get to spend a lot of time snuggling today

MrsH to me, any day with a maple pecan thingy is a good day

waves to Pinkforboys I didn't realise we were due date buddies

Mini rant... I am so looking forward to finishing work next Friday. I did a lot of emergency work for another team as they finished a project and then all went off on leave at the same time . Of course it all went wrong so I had to work on it, but all I've had since then is them trying to pass more work to me. Uh, no.. I fixed the big issue, they can clear up the rest of the mess themselves! grr!! I was pretty abrupt with them and I think they've backed off but I'm annoyed it came to that. Added to that the baby trying to get out via my ribs and I've had a grumpy few days in work!

rant over, I feel better now!

And warlin sorry you are feeling fed up. Do you think it's because you assumed you would have this baby at 37 weeks too? I know I'm assuming I won't go beyond 39 weeks. I suppose very dangerous assumptions as every pregnancy is so different! and I'm getting similar reactions to my second boy. Stuff them! x

Morning ladies.

I've got a bit of a random question about visitors after the birth.

My mum's side of the family and DH's will be fine because there's only a handful of them, but my dad's side is huge and every time someone in our family has a baby they think it's perfectly acceptable to just rock up as soon as you're home from hospital and the following few days. This has happened to a few of my cousins and they were fine with it, but I know I won't be.

I kind of feel like I'll want to hide away for the first few weeks until I start to get to grips with things. Is there a nice way to tell the less immediate family members to stay away until I'm ready to see them?

I wouldn't put it past them to just turn up unannounced either. I feel like I'm being a bit unreasonable about it, but I'm always very conscious to give people space when they've just had a baby and let them contact me when they're ready for visitors.

I have a feeling that probably won't happen with my dad's side of things.

Clapham I love cottage cheese too....American cottage cheese is sooo much nicer than uk cottage cheese, they do this small curd type in the states I bloody love it.

No one owns slippers in your house?!! Well in the Flyer household we NEVER have a shortage of slippers. If anyone remembers dp bulk buying toilet rolls a few months back? Well dp is a complete weirdo and bulk buys hotel slippers (the waffle type) honest to god, we have a large cardboard box of 100 pairs in the garage it's a bit hard to imagine and it's his "Addicitve Personality" so he tells me, £1.20 per pair, so yes dp paid £120 for 100 pairs! Odd bod or what hey

Smitten I think it's fair enough to set out your wishes. We've said that close family can come to hospital if I'm there for 2-3 days. If there for less time, we'll go home first then day 3 and 4 they can come over for a couple of hours.

Then, we have said that we want some time just us - DH's paternity leave is so precious, we just want to have time to enjoy being just the three of us for a while.

From then on, I guess we'll have to play it by ear!

Serious I'm tempted not to even tell the the baby is here - ha ha.

I just read this, glad it's not just me with the not being able to eat dinner anymore thing www.xojane.co.uk/family/pregnancy-week-36

roxvox hope baby stays put u til dh arrives how many weeks/days r u now? Bet its nice to no u r near where u r hoping to give birth now :-)

mrsh sounds like your having a day of it, at least the house will be cleaned when u get home :-)

I'm having to opposite to u warlin I already have a girl and bump is a boy so people say 'oh no need to have anymore now then' to be honest I probly don't have anymore but that would have been the same decision regardless of this sex but don't I just hate the way ppl think they have a say in your lives based on the gender of your children?

flyer and pink I too woke up at 4am needing a no2 and have been several times since then SC though at 36+1

caz I'm not having a home birth but am intrigued about the newspapers?

flyer if we're all gunna have this 'clearout' before labour then everyone will be envious of your unlimited toilet roll supplies lol

I'd just lay it on the line smitten. My ILs threatened to come from 7th November to CHRISTMAS. I made it veeeery clear that was not happening .

cuillereasoup I might have to do that. Half of them already think I'm a bitch for not inviting them to our wedding day time bit, I guess it can't do much more damage to tell them to stay away for a bit.

I'm fine with aunts and uncles, it's just when it gets to the cousins and second cousins bit that I get annoyed. I'm only close to two of them and there's about 20 more.

afraid I can't enlighten you there either Nat - not used them either!!! maybe it's for soaking up waters, if they go on top of the waterproof sheet??? I've always just had an old duvet/ towels on the floor/ bed and never made a mess - yet!

caz thanks to that list I have visions of going into labour at home and dp strapping in his led head torch to oversee things!!